Holder for manifold writing.



PATENTBD JULY 23, 1907.

I. M. TURGK. HOLDER FOR MANIFOLD WRITING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1908.

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FREDERICK M. TUROK, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR MANIFOLD WRITING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed September 06- serial 334,666.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. TURCK, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of the borough of Richmond, city of New York,county of Richmond, State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Holders for Manifold Writing, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in holdersfor use in manifold writing in the making of a plurality of copies andparticularly for copy books, copy sheets, and the like, the object beingto provide a simple, durable and economical device, readily adjustableto books, loose-leaf systems, or otherwise, capable of holding carbonsand paper sheets for as many copies as may be needed, and having verymany useful qualities; and the invention consists essentially in theconstruction and arrangement of parts, substantially as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the annexed drawing: Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedholder shown arranged in connection with the leaves of a copy book forpractical use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my improved holder the strapsbeing open. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe different figures of the drawing.

My improved holder for manifold writing consists essentially of asubstantially rectangular frame, having parallel longitudinal top andbottom pieces 3 3, which are connect (1 together at one end by means ofa connecting pie e 4 which is secured to the ends of said parallelpieces 3 3, at 1.5, 15, by eyelets as shown or any other suitable means,while the other ends of these parallel pieces 3 3have preferably noconnection but lie free of each other, with a space between that isoccupied by the baseboard 8. This frame, consisting of the parallelpieces 3 3 and the end piece 4, may be made of any suitable materialpreferably of thin sheets of metal. Between the parallel pieces 3 3 isthe fiat baseboard 8 just alluded to, made of cardboard, pasteboard, orsome other suitable material having a convenient stiff-. ness. Thisbaseboard 8 is suitably secured to the end piece 4 by the posts 7 asshown in'the drawing or by any other common or desirable means, and itlies between the parallel pieces 3. At the end where it is fastened tothe end piece 4 it is preferably scored or slightly cut along the edgethus secured, and right next to the end piece 4, this scoring being forthe purpose of allowing said baseboard to sag or drop easily below. thesaid parallel pieces 3 3, so that the leaf of a book or other papersheet on which a copy is to be made may be conveniently inserted betweensaid baseboard 8 and the parallel pieces 3 3, the two latter lying onone side of the sheet and the baseboard being on the other side where itserves as a foundation or support on which to write or print.

Each of the parallel pieces 3 is provided with a suit able number ofposts, projections, or pins, which provide raised points on the surfacesof pieces 3, and which retain the sheet 12 to be written on, as will behereinafter explained, there being one or more of these sheets, whichmay be blank or bill-heads, and of any size and shape, and the postssimply serve to hold it in the proper relative position. For thispurpose I may employ the well known spring fastener device shown in thedrawing, those posts on one of the parallel pieces 3 being two in numberand designated as 5 5, and those posts on the other parallel piece 3being two in number and being designated as 6 6. Also, on the end piece4 there is a suitable number of similar posts, say two or more, as 7 7,and these are engageable by the snap buttons 10 carried by the straps 9which are firmly attached to the end piece 4. By properly manipulatingthe snap buttons 10 they can be engaged with or disengaged from theposts 7 7 and thus a sheet or sheets of carbon or other paper which maybe placed over the posts 7 can beheld in place as long as may bedesirable, or until the carbon is worn out and then can be released whendesired for the substitution of new sheets. Obviously the particularform of spring posts and snap buttons may be dispensed with and othersused, for I have indicated those shown simply by way of'example.

11 denotes a specimen sheet of carbon paper having a general rectangularshape. It is suitably provided with holes or perforations which fit overthe posts 7 as shown in Fig. 1, and in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

12 denotes a specimen bill-head, for example, which is provided withholes or perforations at 16 16 which fit over the posts 5 5 as shown inFig. 1, in one case, or which equally well fit over the posts 6 6, incase the position of the carbon holder is reversed.

In Fig. 1 I have indicated a book 1, which is an ordinary copy bookhaving leaves 2, the same being given simply by way of example and inorder to illustrate one application of my invention. The holder isapplied to one of the sheets 2 by passing the baseboard 8 underneath thesheet and allowing the parallel pieces 3 to rest on the other sidethereof, the end piece 4 being brought up close against the side edge ofthe said sheet 2, as indicated in Fig. 1. After the device has thus beenplaced in position with the carbon sheet 11 locked in place by means ofthe snap buttons as 1 have described, then a bill-head, as 12, may beplaced in position on the carbon as shown, the posts 5 serving toproperly aline the same relatively to the page of the book and to securethe proper registry. The holder, in case the page of the book issufficiently large, can begin to operate near the top of the page, andcan be adjusted along down the same, successive copies being made uponthe page, one after another, until the latter is filled.

When it is desired to make copies upon both sides of the sheets of acopy book, the holder can be reversed and used on the next page in likemanner as upon the previous one, in which case the piece 3, having theposts 6 6, will lie nearest the top of the page and be used for thepurposes of holding the sheets to be copied.

In manifold bill books in common use there is much waste because thebills are bound in a book and are removed on perforated lines. In suchbooks the full size of the bill head, heading and all, is taken up inthe book receiving the copies, whether the bill contains only one itemor more. With my holder this waste is avoided as the copies can becrowded close together. Further, for loose leaves to be used inloose-leaf books and systems my improved holder is found of greatutility.

Many changes in the precise construction and combination of the partsmay be made without varying from the invention, and I reserve theliberty of varying the details of construction without going outside ofthe scope of the claims.

If desirable the free ends of the parallel pieces 3 3 may be connectedby an end piece similar to the end piece 4, but free from the baseboard8. The shape, size and width of the parallel pieces 3 3 and the endpiece 4 may be varied a great deal.

Instead of a bill-head like that shown at 12 any kind of writing sheetmay be used, there may be as many carbons 11 as desired, and henceobviously while one copy is being made on the page of the book othercopies may be made for use in different parts of an office or differentdepartments of a business.

The holder serves as a bookmark, and is easily placed in a book like thebook 1 and moved therefrom. By making a mark from the bill-head into theback margin of the book or loose leaf, the bill-head or other blank canbe replaced at any time so that an accurate registry may be made when itis desired to add new items to sometogether, and means for fastening acarbon sheet and a blank sheet to the frame.

2. In a holder for manifold writing, the combination of a frameconsisting of parallel pieces, an intermediate fiexible base, said baseand parallel pieces beingall connected together, means on the frameconsisting of a fastener for holding a carbon sheet, together with meansalso on the frame for properly alining a bill head or other paper withthe copy sheet.

3. In a holder for manifold writing, the combination of a frameconsisting essentially of parallel pieces and an end connection, aflexible baseboard secured to the end connection and lying between theparallel pieces, projections on one or both of said parallel pieces forholdingthe paper, and means consisting essentially of projections andfasteners, for securing the carbon paper in position. i

4. A holder for manifold writing, consisting essentially of a frame anda base consisting of a sheet weakened at the point where it is connectedto the frame, said base adapted to lie under the sheet on which the copyis made, and said frame adapted to lie on top of said sheet, togetherwith means on the holder for holding a carbon sheet and for retainingthe sheet to be written on in proper alinement with the sheet to becopied on.

Signed at New York city this 13th day of Sept. 1906.

FREDERICK M. TURCK.

Witnesses JOHN II. IIAZEL'ION, I. Humane.

